TY - BOOK ID - 77907995 TI - Real Ksas--Knowledge, Skills & Abilities--For Government Jobs AU - McKinney, Anne. AU - McKinney, Anne PY - 2003 SN - 1885288530 9781885288530 PB - Fayetteville : PREP Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Applications for positions -- United States. KW - Civil service positions -- United States. KW - Employment -- United States. KW - Government - U.S. KW - Political Institutions & Public Administration - U.S., Executive Branch KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Civil service positions KW - Applications for positions KW - Job applications KW - Business KW - Employee selection KW - Job hunting KW - Personnel management KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77907995 AB - Editor Anne McKinneyReviews and ExcerptsThis book is designed to help people who seek their first federal government job as well as federal employees who want to advance in the system. The process of getting a government job often involves preparing complex applications, and those applications frequently require written statements or ""elements"" which are called ""Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities"" or KSAs. In the competitive hiring process, the individual who gets hired for the federal job usually has the best KSAs. This book shows examples of effective KSAs that have worked for real people. ER -